Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to mysticism or mystics.
- adjective Deeply or mysteriously spiritual; mystical.
- adjective Of or relating to religious mysteries or occult rites and practices.
- adjective Inspiring a sense of mystery or wonder.
- noun One who practices or believes in mysticism or a given form of mysticism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to any of the ancient mysteries.
- Hidden from or obscure to human knowledge or comprehension: pertaining to what is obscure or incomprehensible; mysterious; dark; obscure; specifically, expressing a sense comprehensible only to a higher grade of intelligence or to those especially initiated.
- Of or pertaining to mystics or mysticism.
- In the civil law of Louisiana, sealed or closed: as, a Mystic testament
- Synonyms and Cabalistic, etc. See
mysterious . - noun One who accepts or preaches some form of mysticism; specifically [capitalized], one who holds to the possibility of direct conscious and unmistakable intercourse with God by a species of ecstasy. See Quietist, Pietist, Gichtelian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See
mysticism . - adjective Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
- adjective Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical
- adjective employing mysticism; ; -- contrasted to
logical ,rational ,analytical .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to mystics,
mysticism oroccult mysteries ;mystical . - adjective
Mysterious andstrange ;arcane ,obscure orenigmatic . - noun Someone who practices
mysticism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- adjective relating to or characteristic of mysticism
- noun someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
- adjective relating to or resembling mysticism
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I use the word mystic not in the current sense of one who employs exotic implements like crystals, flutes, or shaman rattles in his meditations or who performs self-designed rites in hopes of persuading the spirit world to illumine his present and supply his needs.
Letter to a Godchild Reynolds Price 2006
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I use the word mystic not in the current sense of one who employs exotic implements like crystals, flutes, or shaman rattles in his meditations or who performs self-designed rites in hopes of persuading the spirit world to illumine his present and supply his needs.
Letter to a Godchild Reynolds Price 2006
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Thurston discusses what he calls mystic hunger strikers, as well as the disconcerting ability to see without eyes.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Thurston discusses what he calls mystic hunger strikers, as well as the disconcerting ability to see without eyes.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Thurston discusses what he calls mystic hunger strikers, as well as the disconcerting ability to see without eyes.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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I've never heard Jesus described before as a yogi i.e., someone who practices yoga, but I have heard him called a mystic which is similar but different.
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C.K. never admitted how close any came toward his true name (and some in mystic circles suggest that his true name was something else entirely and C.K. Gill a pen name that became his common name in life).
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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C.K. never admitted how close any came toward his true name (and some in mystic circles suggest that his true name was something else entirely and C.K. Gill a pen name that became his common name in life).
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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C.K. never admitted how close any came toward his true name (and some in mystic circles suggest that his true name was something else entirely and C.K. Gill a pen name that became his common name in life).
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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Carson played many recurring characters, including Carnac the Magnificent, a mystic from the East who could "divine" unknown answers to unseen questions, which were hidden in a sealed envelope which Carnac held to his head.
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